Tip of the week

Three films connected by theme, idea, personality, genre or just the taste of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival programmers. Three Times is a dynamic collection that grows every week with a new trio of films and as an enduring inspiration it is worth visiting regularly.

3× star guests of the 58th KVIFF

Soon, the sky above the Thermal Hotel in Karlovy Vary will light up brilliantly, illuminated this year by three actors with incredibly diverse filmographies – Daniel Brühl, Viggo Mortensen, and Clive Owen.

3× Saoirse Ronan

A wealth of talent, remarkable filmography, and delicate, unique beauty – this is Saoirse Ronan, the Irish actress with an unmistakable career, evidenced by her four Oscar nominations.

3× little joys

To drink a beer in a favorite bar, listen to snippets of conversations, sink your hand into a bag of legumes and believe in fortune cookies… About gentle souls and finding beauty in small things.

3× American Indies

Three pearls of contemporary American independent film and a triple take on the fragility of human relationships, directed by Kelly Reichard, Sean Baker and Tim Sutton.

3× Jan Švankmajer

Everything you ever wanted to know about Jan Švankmajer and were afraid to ask, you can find out in two documentary films and the legendary filmmaker's latest fiction film.

3× with the best intentions

Sensitive, honest and kind, such are our heroes, whose goodness the outside world mistakes for stupidity. Fortunately, the simple joy of life brings one essential benefit, and that is happiness.

3× Prague

In Prague, we go to bed at dawn. As evidenced by a probe of the metropolis' nightlife from 1969, another from the end of the nineties and a third offering for example a look at the courtship of a stag-beetle in a night restaurant.

3× something like happiness

A moment of happiness during a love affair in a place where love is paid for, a bit of happiness in the middle of an industrial backwater and happiness boosted by the new love of a carpenter already in love.

3× in a courtroom

On Guilt, Punishment and Witnesses by Jan Kadár and Elmar Klos, Cédric Kahn and Justine Triet.

3× Doc Investigation

A mixture of documentary, crime drama and spy thriller about a plane crash or the assassination of the UN Secretary General. A strange double portrait of the relationship between a thief and his victim. And finally, a moving investigation into the origins of a mysterious songwriter.